TREMBLE

tremble. Tremble, v.i. to shake, quake, shudder, quiver, totter

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Trem″ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Trembled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trembling (?).] [[F. trembler, fr. L. tremulus trembling, tremulous, fr. tremere to shake, tremble; akin to Gr. �, Lith. trimti. Cf. Tremulous, Tremor.]] 1. 1. To shake involuntarily, as with fear, cold, or weakness; to quake; to quiver; to shiver; to shudder; — said of a person or an animal.
I tremble still with fear. Shak. Frighted Turnus trembled as he spoke. Dryden. 2. 2. To totter; to shake; — said of a thing.
The Mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble. Milton. 3. 3. To quaver or shake, as sound; to be tremulous; as the voice trembles.